Space craft and heavenly respite – readers’ best photographs

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Main image: Arizona, US ‘The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. One of the four Veritas gamma-ray telescopes, with the plume of a SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg in the background.’ Photograph: Jamie Holder

  • Deadvlei, Namibia

    ‘I spent two hours waiting for the sun to be in the best place in an amazing and unique landscape.’
    Deadvlei, Namibia ‘I spent two hours waiting for the sun to be in the best place in an amazing and unique landscape.’

  • Longwa, Nagaland, India

    ‘On the border of Myanmar, the Konyak Naga tribe celebrates the coming of spring and their warrior culture as part of the annual Aoling Festival.’
    Longwa, Nagaland, India ‘On the border of Myanmar, the Konyak Naga tribe celebrates the coming of spring and their warrior culture as part of the annual Aoling Festival.’

  • New South Wales, Australia

    ‘Every year hundreds of people compete in a week-long regatta called Sail Port Stephens. These were some of the yachts on a misty, rainy day.’
    New South Wales, Australia ‘Every year hundreds of people compete in a week-long regatta called Sail Port Stephens. These were some of the yachts on a misty, rainy day.’

  • Arizona, US

    ‘The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. One of the four Veritas gamma-ray telescopes, with the plume of a SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg in the background.’
    Arizona, US ‘The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. One of the four Veritas gamma-ray telescopes, with the plume of a SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg in the background.’

  • Texas, US

    ‘Problems with squirrels at your bird feeder? This is a javelina, or collared peccary, that was proving to be a bit of a nuisance at the feeders at Bentsen-Rio grande state park. I was warned about it and, sure enough, it showed up. I kept my distance.’
    Texas, US ‘Problems with squirrels at your bird feeder? This is a javelina, or collared peccary, that was proving to be a bit of a nuisance at the feeders at Bentsen-Rio grande state park. I was warned about it, and sure enough it showed up. I kept my distance.’

  • Bonn, Germany

    ‘A rainbow over Bad Godesberg as the first heatwave of the year broke. Petersberg on the left, Drachenfels on the right: two of the peaks in the Siebengebirge (Seven Mountains).
    Bonn, Germany ‘A rainbow over Bad Godesberg as the first heatwave of the year broke. Petersberg on the left, Drachenfels on the right: two of the peaks in the Siebengebirge (Seven Mountains).

  • London, UK

    ‘Seeking a moment’s refuge from shoppers and tourists, I stepped into St Giles in the Fields to find just one other person savouring the sanctuary of this beautiful old church.’
    London, UK ‘Seeking a moment’s refuge from shoppers and tourists, I stepped into St Giles in the Fields to find just one other person savouring the sanctuary of this beautiful old church.’

  • York, UK

    ‘The small joys of an early morning dog walk in York Community Woodland.’
    York, UK ‘The small joys of an early morning dog walk in York Community Woodland.’

  • London, UK

    ‘Mounted police letting their horses have a well-earned drink at the Diana fountain in Green Park.’
    London, UK ‘Mounted police letting their horses have a well-earned drink at the Diana fountain in Green Park.’

  • Madagascar, Africa

    ‘How’s this for an Easter bonnet?’
    Madagascar, Africa ‘How’s this for an Easter bonnet?’

  • London, UK

    ‘The London Fire Spinners gather monthly on the river banks in central London to practise their art in front of a fantastic backdrop.’
    London, UK ‘The London Fire Spinners gather monthly on the river banks in central London to practise their art in front of a fantastic backdrop.’

  • North Carolina, US

    ‘Ominous storm clouds in Southport.’
    North Carolina, US ‘Ominous storm clouds in Southport.’

  • Ruhengeri, Rwanda

    ‘Spotted in Volcanoes National Park.’
    Ruhengeri, Rwanda ‘Spotted in Volcanoes National Park.’

  • Etang de l’Or, France

    ‘Fishing nets at dawn.’
    Etang de l’Or, France ‘Fishing nets at dawn.’

  • Hereford, UK

    ‘Light that sparkles at Hereford town hall.’
    Hereford, UK ‘Light that sparkles at Hereford town hall.’
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